O'Grady, Standish
O'Grady, Standish, 1846–1928, Irish author and historian. A leader in the Irish literary renaissance , he followed his History of Ireland (1878–80) with English versions of the heroic legends of Ireland. The best are probably his volumes about Cuchulain (1892–1917 repr. 1920).
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